Mount Vernon Camp

Mount Vernon Camp, also known as the Gurkha Cantonment, is an establishment of the Singapore Police Force built to house the training and residential facilities of the Gurkha Contingent's Gurkhas and their families.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Military installation
  • Description: police training and residential facility in Singapore
  • Also known as: “Gurkha Contingent”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bartley and Maris Stella High School.

Metro station
Photo: Seloloving, CC BY 3.0.
MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Circle Line in , . Operated by SMRT, it serves nearby landmarks such as , , and Ramakrishna Mission Singapore. is situated 520 metres north of Mount Vernon Camp.

School
Photo: R22-3877, CC BY 4.0.
is a government-aided, all-boys Catholic secondary school with autonomous status. As a full school, it comprises a primary section offering a six-year programme leading up to the Primary School Leaving Examination, as well as a secondary section offering a four-year programme leading up to the Singapore-Cambridge GCE Ordinary Level examinations. is situated 420 metres north of Mount Vernon Camp.

School
is a co-educational government secondary school in . It was founded in 1952, and is named after William Bartley, who was acting collector-general of income tax in the 1920s and president of the Municipal Commission of Singapore between 1931 and 1946. is situated 430 metres northeast of Mount Vernon Camp.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Joo Seng and Bidadari.

Neighborhood
is a subzone located in in the of . There are some condominiums and houses in the area. It is also where the Gurkha Contingent is based. There are many Gurkhas and their families living there in private flats.

Neighborhood
is a housing estate and a subzone of planning area, in the of Singapore. The housing estate is situated at the site of the former Cemetery, which served Christian, Muslim, Hindu and Sinhalese communities.

Suburb
Photo: S5A-0043, CC BY 4.0.
is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Circle Line in Tai Seng, Singapore. Operated by SMRT Corporation, the station serves nearby landmarks such as Tai Seng Point, Sakae Building, and Leong Huat Building.

Mount Vernon Camp

Latitude
1.33825° or 1° 20′ 18″ north
Longitude
103.87938° or 103° 52′ 46″ east
Open location code
6PH58VQH+7Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 479118475
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Wiki­data ID
Q14874265
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Highlights include Mount Vernon Camp, Gurkha Contingent and Aljunied Neighbourhood Police Post.

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